HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lineups are set for 2nd annual PAC-10 Senior Bowl

ROYERSFORD – The draft is over and done with. Now it’s time to play some more football.

For a good number of participants in the 2nd annual Pioneer Athletic Conference Senior Bowl, it’ll be the last football game they play in … and for each and every one of them, it’ll be the last game they ever play in representing their alma mater.

Because it’s a seniors-only affair, no one lined up for the inaugural game. But Team Freedom, which was thumped 41-17, may get a bit of a “let’s get even” pre-game sermon from Pottstown head coach Brett Myers, who will guide the Freedom squad against Liberty, which is being led by Perkiomen Valley head coach Scott Reed.

And if this summer’s game is anything like the first one, expect to see a lot of passing.

“Some of the offensive rules for the game are designed to encourage passing,” said Spring-Ford head coach Chad Brubaker, who was in charge of the Liberty crew last year. “The teams have to play man coverage and five yards off the ball, which makes it a little tough to cover.”

Myers will certainly have two able quarterbacks to handle the Freedom offense with Sage Reinhart, who was his starter at Pottstown the past two seasons, and Spring-Ford’s Hank Coyne.

The elusive Reinhart threw for 2,301 yards and 20 touchdowns last season, while Coyne threw for 2,023 yards and 25 touchdowns in leading the Rams to the District 1-Class AAAA final. Both will have a few good receivers to throw to as well, among them being Pope John Paul II’s Jamel Stinson and Pottstown’s Antonio Moore. Stinson caught 35 tosses – the third straight season he had at least 25 receptions – and the lanky Moore averaged over 26 yards a catch on his 22 receptions. Owen J. Roberts’ Colin Horrocks and Upper Perkiomen’s Robert Brett are also listed as receivers.

Balancing out the Freedom offense will be running backs Mark Dukes of PAC-10 champion Pottsgrove and Monroe Hampton of Pottstown. After missing half of his junior year because of injury, Dukes came back to pile up 1,347 yards and 21 touchdowns for the Falcons. Hampton was one of the most versatile backs in the league last fall, running for 1,033 yards and 20 touchdowns and catching 31 passes for another 369 yards and three scores.

Reed will counter with a more-balanced – if not more run-oriented – tandem of quarterbacks in Pottsgrove’s Tory Hudgins and Methacton’s Brandon Bossard. Hudgins, who will play at Bucknell this fall, ran for 1,267 yards and 23 touchdowns while taking snaps in the Falcons’ vaunted ground game. Though rarely called on to pass, Hudgins completed 50 percent of his passes for 700 yards and five touchdowns. Bossard, who will play at Eastern Michigan in the fall, capped his outstanding career with the Warriors by throwing for 1,235 yards and 15 touchdowns and running for an additional 607 yards and six scores.

Bossard will have a familiar target to throw to in Methacton teammate Cooper Given, while the receiving corps also features Owen J. Roberts’ Will Bradford, Perkiomen Valley’s Davon Mitchell and Phoenixville’s Sean Hesser.

The Liberty run game will be led by Phoenixville’s Ryan Yenchick (1,113 yards), Spring-Ford’s Yousef Lundi (1,057 yards) and Boyertown’s Matt Moccia (802), a threesome that combined for 43 touchdowns. Methacton’s Josh Meck could also get some touches.

NOTESPassing was the dominant statistic in Liberty’s romp last year, as Pope John Paul’s David Cotellese hit all seven of his attempts for 153 yards and three touchdowns. Spring-Ford’s Andrew Scanlan, a redshirt freshman who is expected to vie for a starting position at Northwestern University this fall, caught four of Cotellese’s tosses for 74 yards and a touchdown and also returned an interception for another score.